Waec 2005 Geography Past Questions And Answers
A continental shelf is economically important because it
- A. is a good fishing ground
- B. is good for irrigation
- C. is very deep
- D. constains little salt
Which of the following vegetation types is associated with the sub-equatorial type of climate?
- A. rain forest
- B. steppe
- C. montane
- D. pampas
The most important action in the A horizon of a soil profile is
- A. eluvation
- B. deposition
- C. weathering
- D. illuviation
The biosphere contains all the following except
- A. man
- B. rocks
- C. animals
- D. micro-organisms
(a) Describe three characteristics of forest vegetation
(b) Outline three ways in which vegetation is important as an environmental resource
(c) Highlight two problems that may arise from over-utilization of vegetation resources
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2005 THEORYAll the following farming practices result in soil erosion except
- A. ploughing of land up and down slope
- B. persistant cultivation of crops in regions of inadequate rainfall
- C. over-cropping
- D. mixed cropping
(a) Explain the term error of closure
(b) Highlight any four sources of error of closure in closed traverse survey
(c) Outline two meaures that could be taken to avoid an error of closure
View Discussion (0)WAEC 2005 THEORYWhich of the following is not a method by which rivers transport their eroded materials?
- A. suspension
- B. traction
- C. attrition
- D. solution
Which of the following is not a process of wind erosion?
- A. abrasion
- B. attrition
- C. hydraulic action
- D. deflation
Which of the following is a demerit of low population density?
- A. low crime rate
- B. high per capita income
- C. inadequate lobour force
- D. low pressure on social amenities